Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darrin Doyle (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 03:53, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Darrin Doyle
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Highly promotional and probably non-notable Ref, in   an unreliable review publication, is an interview where   the author is talking about his own work, which is an unreliable source for anything. Ref 2 is an unreliable review publication ; ref 3 is another self-serving interview, this time in a local paper.None of the others are even remotely 3rd party sources--they are blurbs from the publisher. I have difficulty believing that  an author could be notable where these are the best available sources. But even if there are better, this needs to be removed, with no prejudice to an article by a contributor who knows what count as reliable sources (This is the only article the present contributor has written, so I assume undeclared coi, perhaps from the publishers PR agent)

There were similar attempts at using WP for advertising at thetime of publication of his previous books.  DGG ( talk ) 01:02, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  DGG ( talk ) 01:02, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 01:19, 21 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment. Could he be notable as an academic? Here is his faculty page at the university where he teaches. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 04:11, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
 * he has no scholarly publications; he teaches creative writing. According to WP:PROF, academics whose importance is primarily in another field are judged by the standards of that field. This is a typical example--so are those teaching music performance rather than musicology, creative arts rather than history of art, etc.  DGG ( talk ) 04:36, 21 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete a non-notable academic.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:52, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete Doyle's first novel got a warm, 1 paragraph review in the NYTimes and a review in the local, Baton Rouge, paper (Salvatore, Joseph (29 May 2009). "Fiction Chronicle (brief review)". New York Times. Retrieved 26 June 2019.),( Langley, Greg (19 April 2009). "Revenge one of funniest, most satirical books in years (book review)". The Advocate (Louisiana).  paywalled and not viewable in full text via Proquest). plus PW reviews, which count for little since PW reviews virtually  all trade books that a reputable publisher is pushing.  Not quite enough to pass WP:AUTHOR]].E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:06, 26 June 2019 (UTC)


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